Lisa Snyder lost both parents to cancer at 22 and 27. She now works to inspire others through her blog, http://www.LosingYourParents.org; she shares the journey of healing her own grief using creativity and self-expression. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/12/Lisa-Snyder.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Charles W. Sidoti, is a clinically trained, board certified, Chaplain at Cleveland Clinic Health System. Charles is the author of two books, “Living at God’s Speed, Healing in God’s Time” with contributing author, Rabbi Akiva Feinstein and “Fortune Cookie Wisdom: a contemplative perspective”. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/12/Charles-Sidoti.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Christa Scalies has experienced the messy, fearful, ugly and soul-wrenching side of grief after losing two friends to suicide. In her e-book, “Suicide Sucks: Move thought the Pain of Suicide Loss and Learn to Laugh Again,”Christa provides 10 actionable steps to help people recover mentally, physically, and spiritually from loss. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/11/Christa-Scalies.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Linda Goldman is a grief therapist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and Kings College and the author of Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children, 3rd Edition, Children Also Grieve, and Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/11/Linda-Goldman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Alicia Coppola, actress and writer, is the author of Gracefully Gone, which is based on her beloved father’s and her journals chronicling their journey through his brain cancer and her father’s death. Alicia hopes that by reading and hearing her story people young and old will know that they are not alone with their losses. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/11/Alicia-Coppola.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Sharon J. Wesch, Ph.D., author, teacher and spiritual healer, has thirty years of experience dedicated to healing grief – it’s her soul mission, personally and professionally. A pioneering spirit, she created a holistic center and has traveled internationally teaching spiritual healing. She is the author of Connected For All Time. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/11/Sharon-Wesch_128kbs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Jennifer Rouse, Woodbridge Va., is the author of Infelicity: Life, Loss and the Fight for Happiness. On this show Jennifer shares with us her experience of being a single mother of an only child. She tells us how she made it through tragedy, what she did that worked and things she learned could have been done better. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/10/Jennifer-Rouse_128kbs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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It all began in 2009 when a life-changing event would begin the transformation of Laurel Rund into the woman she is today. Never would she have imagined that the death of her 42 year old husband would send her on a journey through loss and grief to a redefined sense of self. Laurel is the author of “Emerging Voices”. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/10/Laurel-Rund_128kbs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Dale G. Larson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, clinician, and researcher, is a national leader in end-of-life care and training. His award-winning book, The Helper’s Journey: Working With People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening Illness, conveys a inspiring vision of caregiving. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/10/Dale-Larson.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Daniel Rudofossi is a retired Sgt NYPD and licensed Psychologist and Professor. Dr. Dan offers his evidence based approach toward identifying, confronting and healing from Complex Trauma Syndromes using his Eco-Ethological Existential Analytic Approach. He is the author of “cop doc on the job.” https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/09/Dan-Rudolfossi.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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